Does Lion use GUID's for doing disk detectiong/file system mounting?

I know they use the GPT partition table but I was curious how it does the mount process.

The main thing I am asking about is. If I get a new macbook and do a machine -> machine clone over the network (dd + netcat over the network) will the other machine boot? Normally this would be a yes but if they are using GUID's then those will actually change even when block level mirroring the drive to a new machine.

I know they use the GPT partition table but I was curious how it does the mount process.

The main thing I am asking about is. If I get a new macbook and do a machine -> machine clone over the network (dd + netcat over the network) will the other machine boot? Normally this would be a yes but if they are using GUID's then those will actually change even when block level mirroring the drive to a new machine.

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You're only guaranteed to boot via a network clone, regardless of GUID issues, in the following circumstances, for Macs:

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